THE

TWELVE LABOURSOF

HERCULES,SON OF

JUPITER X A L CM EN A.

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The Neinaean Lion.

By Jono'sliate urged on, Alcmena's Son,

At sixteenyears In8 noble toils l>eoTQi,

Xemaea's dreadful Lion first lie sought ,

The savage slew & to Enrysthens brought,From Ms hn^e sides Ms snaggy spoils lie tore,

Aromul him threw, e'er intrhrnrpliwoTe.

The LeinireanHvctra.

OnLema's pest di'TmdaTmtecl Hero mslie g,

Withmafy club liex Imnclred tearls lie crashes,

IILvain. One cmsli'd^ trroliifsiiig'lieads aiise,

1'iJl ^ood. lolas to each worriid apptiesTlie TnmmigTirand. Dipt in Ine Hydras gHis arrows sK^htest wound is death to all.

ASt.ig withhams of gold and feet of brafs,

OnMaenalns l>oirttds der thimbiidbi^ Aral's,

ToDiaai sacred, this lies doom'dto Tiring1 'iilnrrt into the presence of tlie Kin^,Forbid to wound, Low take a

Stag- so fleet?

A twelvemonth's end scarce saw the ta&k complete.

The ErymantMan Boar.

ToEaym.antlrasiiextliis course is bent.

To seize the BoarbymcensedDion sent,

The fell destroyerboundlie o'er Inm fling's,

AadTmto scaredEurystheus qnickly brmg's,

The trembling Tvrant RhTnnTcs a^Jiast with dread,

Acidiiiliis larazenVefsel hides Lis cowardhead .

Tlie Stables ofAugeas.

To cleanse theAndean Stables noiir lie's sped,Where thirty years three thousand Oxen, fed;

The task for man too great.Ariver's course

He turn'd, & tlrro* the staples nr^jedits force,

The ride resistlefs rolls, and hi one dayThe gather 'd filth of years is sw^

The Stymphalide s .

TheLake Stympharas Trains armwas freed,

from those dire hirds onhuman fleshwho feed,

By Pallas' aid the dreadful race subdued,

Nomore its l>anks with whitening Ixines are strewA .

Honour'd\jy all mankind he no\r returns,

But still Enrystheus1 envious

The Cretan BxJ] .

ArVnioiis BnH with, nostrils breathing; fire,

To punish Minos sent fovNeptune's ire,

Koanis wild in.vengeance thro' Ms wide domains,And death X: terror spreads o'er Crete's fair plains ;

luit soon the TxJlowin^ beast airrehe caught ,

Andvainly straggling to Kurvsthens brought .

Diomecies and Iris Horses.

Fell Ditnned, whose torses fat with gore,His subjects liortes in their numbers tore,

He next oerthrerr.And as old authors say,

The Tyrant gj;ave tolas awn. steeds a prey,

On Mount Olympus rent by savage beasts,

Nomore thenarsesxaake oilman their horrid feasts .

Tke Amazon ffippoHte .

By Fate coustrain'd ETrrystheris to obey,TLe^natcLlefs Hero nonmrust l>endMs way,To gviiu tlie gxildeai girdle wh-ich adorns

The Qneen of*Amazons . "Wh.0 proudly icom s

To yield, roiclinliex TTHrriars doth confide

But vancjmsh'd sheT^ecauieg great Thefeus'Imde .

Gervon.

A Giant JSngin Gades once did ieep,

(UnKke their gentle racej camivaraus sneep,Tlie triple monster sLmi,mii(lst irig rocks

He left to birds a prey, and seizclIns flocks,

TVnich"byETiryKfheTi8'order oron^il awayHe TtntoArgos safely did ccorrey;

C'

erbenis .

In fetters Hercules fierce Cerberus tied,

And took \rrrn tmnlJiug1 from grim Pluto's side,

Train realms of darknefs drag'd away to H^3,The Celling- monster Kirken'd at tlie siglit,

And from liis jaws tlie foam wniet fell to earth ,

Tiito the poisonousAconite gave

The Hespen.de s.

To crownMs deeds, so wondrous &: so oreat ,

Pponlris shoulders vast Olvmpus'weightHe bore, while Atlas did the apple* l*rrno-,

\\Triolilicidal .Jniio s^ave to Heaven's dread Khi^.

And now tlie dragxHL guarded apj^les won,

The Godlike Hei-o, sawliis Laborers done.

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